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Networking provides emergency managers with a means of monitoring databases and critical information. True or False?

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Tiger files are some of the best data layers available for GIS and were developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce Census Bureau. True or False?

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Some of the best data layers available for GIS applications in emergency management are:

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The Web provides the following benefits to emergency management:

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Weather stations can be used to detect the weather during wildfires. True or False?

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Weather stations typically do not have the following instrument:

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Collecting and using local weather conditions in models allows you to simulate disaster conditions. True or False?

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The concept of synergy can be defined as “the combined and coordinated actions of the parts of the system achieve more than all of the parts acting independently”. True or False?

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Conducting a needs assessment does not include determining how to better predict hazards. True or False?

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Technology provides communication links between emergency management resources. True or False?

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The first packet switching network was ARPANET. True or False?

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Remote sensing provides a visualization for operational uses or a historical perspective for emergency planning, recovery, or mitigation uses. True or False?

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The ability to make changes to a system in an easy manner is referred to as:

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One limitation of the Internet is:

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GPS technology can be found in:

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Technology enables disasters to be modeled and emergency response plans to be devised. True or False?

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Inputs to the Internet include users, computers, networks, computer programs, financial resources. True or False?

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A GIS system’s advantages in disaster preparedness involve identifying populations and areas at risk to certain hazards. True or False?

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To transmit pictures of hurricane damage quickly to state and federal authorities, an emergency manager can use:

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FEMA can solve disruptions in communications during disasters by deploying a mobile communications center. True or False?

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The Internet cannot be used in emergency response for messaging and information access. True or False?

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If a communication system is highly centralized, even a limited emergency can result in communication bottlenecks. True or False?

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Which item is essential for emergency managers to have?

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Each emergency management organization has it’s own role and needs that technology can support. True or False?

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Collaboration with other agencies should be linked using a secure network. True or False?

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Which of the following sentences is true: (Choose the best answer)

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The steps an emergency manager should take to ensure that the Internet and Web contributes to the emergency management work environment includes the following:

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One element of a need assessment is determining how to educate the community on mitigation strategies. True or False?

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The increasing use of direct and remote sensors can have significant impacts on the following:

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Data from U.S. Geological Survey’s stream-gauging network has little to no effect on losses from floods of both life and property. True or False?

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Digital transmission systems are constantly converting:

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In closed systems, the survival of the system, in effect, would not be possible without continuous inflow, transformation, and outflow. True or False?

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Preparing GIS data layers is best performed by a single agency. True or False?

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In geographic information systems, map data comes in the following forms, except

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Technology allows emergency managers to do the following, except

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The Internet is important for the emergency management of small or rural communities because:

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Local flood warning systems are a low-cost way to monitor the water levels and include the following, except

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The acronym GOES stands for global operational environmental satellite and transmits the data from the 2,500 RAWS. True or False?

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Emergency management should rely on the Internet as the sole means of distributing information. True or False?

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Determine how to respond better is not part of a needs a assessment. True or False?

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A variety of technology is used in emergency management including the following, except

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Microwave radio is less than satisfactory for data transmission at high speed and low error rates. True or False?

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The first step in a needs assessment is:

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Transmission using Geostationary satellites can provide fiberlike continuous services True or False?

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Streaming audio and video through the web is called:

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Developing a GIS involves investment in the following areas, except.

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Budgets place no constraints on access to technology. True or False?

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The Internet is an “closed system.” True or False?

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Which of the following statements about wireless networks is not true?

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Global positioning systems cannot do the following: